Funny girl Mo'nique becomes a drama queen - The Star-Ledger

Funny girl Mo'nique becomes a drama queen - The Star-Ledger

Oxygen Media/Helene VedrenneMo'nique plays an abusive mother in "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire."

As an actress-comedienne, Mo'Nique makes audiences roar with laughter in concert, on TV and in movies. But her latest picture is bound to spark a different sort of intense emotional response.

The 41-year-old Baltimore native portrays the abusive mother of an overweight teen in the uncompromising indie "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire." Her character is a menacing figure through most of the story until she finally breaks down in a heart-crushing confessional climax.

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